Eyeleting-machine.



v EY'ELBTING MAGHINE.

APFLIATIQN FILED AUG. 8, 1905.

LSQQ@ v Patented June 25, 1912.

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F. A. RUMNI-IY. EYELETING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. H, 1906. Lg@ Patented @111.325.1912

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. provision for guiding the Worn,

smooth und n'iolntaininf its edge' 1n Contact' 'geeted ehnrocteri FRED A. RIINEY, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 UNXTED SHOE 'MACHIN CGMPANY, JERSEY.

0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY,

Specification of Letters Patent.

CDRPORATIGN OF NEEN' EYELETING-MACHINE.

IfPei-tentednne i 5 Application filed fengust S, 1908i. ,Serial No. 829,722.

`To all whom i may concern:

`chiracters on thyeidrawings indicating like parts 1ny the ,severalvfiginsn This invention relatesV to eyeleting inachines, and pertainle: more Iiiaitlculnrly to thoserelenients which guide the Work while.` it isy heling fed, and which contribute to: n'leintainuthe work in'proper position when it is' atirest.

Prior, to this invention it hes been a'icolnmon practice to provide an eyeleting niachine with worlft-cont-rolling ineens eoi'nprisiing o guideplete .and on intermittent-ly-nct-.

y,guide-plete; and at the beginning of e 'feeding period tlie'cleinjp` was Withdrawn from active eng gement with the work, leaving the latter freer to he fed along for the'desired distance until,simultaneously with the arrest ot' the feedi'the clamp again engaged the work. The edge of the work was intended to contzicl conetantly with on edge-gege which woserranged to determine the spread oft-he eyelets, their respective distonceeI troni the edge of the work. Bv menne oit the devices; just described the work was held stationery, at the end of a feeding period, in whatever position .ithad aseul'ned'; but during the feeding movement, the chimp being then inactive, there Wes no l keeping' ity with the edge-gege9 except the more orleesi nmelinhle and variant groep of the oi'icretor.

While nmchines having the ehove enge ,ce have been operated with success by skilled operators, it, has been found that in less vcompetent hands the Work may-he held too firmly against the edge gege so us to become wrinkled, or it muy he removed entirely from contain-lY with the edge-gage, or otherwise inisn'mnaged en ne to give the Work an improper position im' eeiving thenexteyelet. Whatever poeiton,

` correct or incorrect, 'thowvorliassun1edfdiirf-,

ing its 'feeding movement in that poeition, il wee clamped end heid when the feed ceased, und the punching and set-ting ope'mions ew Isued Whether or not they were directed to the proper point on the work.

Y This invention in designed, es regards one of its lfeatures, to provide means, substmb tially independent of the operatore control, whereby tlheustocli: is properly guided and positioned at :illft-ini'es.

AY further feature jot the invention coniprises a presser-foot arranged to engage the work after as well :is before the feeding' begins.

The invention comprises also guidingg Ineens ivhich tend -to direct the stock, in its feeding movement, toward an edge-gage.

In Using eyeletii-ig machines heretotm'e constructed, the Work wie pmticnlzu'ly likely to heeome misplaced or. wrii'ili'led when the edge gages were ehiilited to very the spread of the eyelets and eepecielly vvheie this shifting ivs effected quickly and omoinziticnlly during the operation ot' the nmchine it has been 'iouml difficult; for the operator to keep the Work in uniform contact with the edge gages. This: diieultv is avoided in accordance with the present invention hy mounting; the ivm-lc `an-ililing und positioning ineens for movement with the edge gages eo thaty the work may he carried bodily by nid positioning ineens in :i direc tion transverse to the line oli feed without any tendency 'to cl'ninge its relation with the edge gages. y

- Another advantage incidenty to ihn 'hw ture of the invention is that,l the edge may loe edjnsted'relatively to the guide plete wihhout altering-the relation ot the' posiliorv ing'meens therewith and so e uniform feeding movement of the work rei-suine regardless of the adjiieted position of the edge ge @their features of the invention will zippear in the 'following defcripl'ion and will he de lii'ied in the olonne i @ne embodiment of this` invention muy be ued to advantage on fi machine arranged to sebtwo eyelets sin:nltni'ieouely in the opposite qnzuers of n Shoe upper. Such o ninchine is shown and described in" Letters Potent of the'llnited States, No. Sllelttl dated September 11i, 1900. rlhe ln'eeenl in vention will he described hegein` for purlet-iupmachine as are referred to in the tot lowingA description and are. not shown in the accompanying dra wines may be considered. t'or pnrpos s ot illustration. to be identical with cor `ponding' parts shown and described iii said patent. The speciiic nihodiment ot' thi. invention represented in the accompanyingl drawings is caiiable of suhstitntion without change for corresponding parts shown in said patent; and to etlect sach sul'istitntion no alteration is necessitated' in the work-feeding; or eyelet-setting mechanism shown in said patent, which may weil operate in conjunction with the present improved wark-controlling devices in the xine manner in which they act in conjuncon with 'the worl-:-controlling devices shown in said patent. Nothing` herein con tained to he construed as limiting this invention in the .scope of its application to ase in connection with the machine of said patent. nor to machines of that general type, since the .invention may be applied to many sorts of Q veleting machines; moreover, the invention in its broader aspects is obviously applicable to machines for setting other articles than eyelets. snclrfor example as lacing;v hooks and the like.

ln using machines of the type shown in the patent aforesaid, the two quarters of a shoe upper arc preferablyarranged by the operator so as to bc substantially parallel, with their .edges registering, and are introduced to the machine by sliding them over opposite tac-cs of a guide-plate until their registering edges abut against edge-gages ari-:mecd Afor determiningthe spread of the eyelets. Ciopi-ratingV with said `guide-plate are two oppor-itely disposed intermittently acting' clamping devices which clamp the quarters ot'the upper against opposite sides ot said guide-plate and hold them stationary when the work is at rest and which release the wort; to permit it to be ted. .is above sinin'ested, an arrangement oli this sort is ctive when used by a .skilful operator; but the present improvements serve to render an eyeletinir mat-him.l more perfectly automatic by controlling the work through mechanical means` raiher than manually, therebyY permitting eyelets to be vset with great accuracy by a comparatively inexperienced workman.

in the accomininying drawings7 'lfignre l. is a top view ol' work-rontrolling' means einhodifinn' this invention. showing` them in en.' association with an anvil-plate, said l ing in proper position t'or punching 'the nora; ling. a .sidil elevation ot the wora-coiitrollingy means ol Fig. l, showing' in section two quarters of a .shoe upper in their proper association with thc worlf-eoni trolling moans; lligg. is a i'ilanviiew ot a preterred torni o! rruido-plate; lig's. l is a iop view, similar to Fig. Lshmving the rcla- 1 tion between the .work-controlling means and the anvil-plate when the latter is in positlon Yfor setting an eyelct; Fig. 5 is a viei;Y similar to li t showing the relative in'isilons ofwoiii-controlling means and anvil-plate -when the latter has been shifted to. feed the 'chinei of the typerlescril'ied speciically in said patent. to exemplify the use of workcontrollingl means embodying this invention. An anvil-plate o is pivotally supported on a. stud o which is arranged to be moved laterally forward and backward to give the anvil-plate'the positions shown in igs. l and at. Tlie'anvil-plate a is arranged to be rocked on the stud 7) for the purpose of feedindl the work. During' the operation of the machine ot said Patent- No. 934.066.2111 anvilplate Substantially like the platea is moved to three successive posit-ions, andtor the purposes of the following detailed descripL tion the anvil-plate a may be understood to he movedv in the same manner and to the same ends. The three positions of the anvilplate/a (named in the sequence in which they are assumed) a e the hole-punching;l positionshown in Fig'. l; the eyeletsetting` position shown in Fig'. '-t; and the extreme feeding position shown in Fig'. 5. The pnnehin;` position (Fig. l) is theinitial position 'of the anvil-plate in the cycle ol operations of the machine. The path ot' movement ot' the anvil-plate represented diagrammatically in by the lines l0, 12 and l-lf. The anvil-plate rt carries a punch-anvil f and a setting die l] which are duplicated on the under ,de of the anvilplate as viewed in Figs. l, L'land 5. ln the manner described in said patent, oppositely disposed punches maybe provided in axial alinement with each other and with the punch-anvil. ln like manner oppositely disposed settin dies may 'he provided to Cooperate with the upsettingi dief-1 d rl. "it is imnccesary to show in the present drawings these punches and setting dies since the manner ot their cooperation with an anvil]- .plat'e like the plate r/ is sniliciently elucidated in thi a tores-aid patent.

'l'he work-controlling means comprise a n/.n'mally stationary g-i-ide-plate t and op,- pesitoiy disposed pr aser-'feet B B (see Fig. 2l. The `ai(lc-platef is mounted on a bracket ttl (sce Fig. t) projecting trom-the trame, irl of the machine and relative tothe direction of Feed. is located in the rear ot lit) lili) teringy moving; ihein thus; to the Wednethe punch and eeiting tools. Ae shown in Idir. i the guide-plate il is arranged to he "ii-owned endwiee on the hreclier li' "er ngi' lire spread oi il'he eyeleis, and to he guide-Nate if; einlaole on the lli and has rigid rack if() ei'igagging xed Sector .22 `which may constr oniality oi an automatic u the operation of the improved machine Shown the present drawinge, the Work teo airing opi'iosite faces of the guide-plete il in epproiiiniately the direction indicated h jv an arrow lei in Figs. i, 3 and Preferahly ihe outer end an d an edge of the guideplaie A are tapered` in cross-section to i'oriu ,a wedge 26 (eee Figs. 2 and which shall eerve to separate the quarters oithe upper end facilitate their feeding' movement. @n

- its opposite faces the guide-plate A has a eeriee4 of parallel ribs C presently to be described. Secured to the guide-plate A in any convenient. manner as hy a machine screw 28, is a gage block D having edge- ;gages .e andf on opposite sides of the plate El. The screv 2S .shown in the drawings piet'erahij/ passes through en elongated Slot 30 Fig. f) in the gege bloeit l) and threade into an edge oil the shank oi' the guide-plate. rEhe elongation oiz the sint, 3G permits the block l) to he adjusted lengthwise of the guide-plate A. Leaf-springs E and IF are attached by screws 3Q, 3Q to op- ]iiosite sidee of the block D, and pins; 3i ;je .ting from said block' extend through holes in Said Springs to maintain the latter proper alinenient. The opposite ende: of the leaf-springe E l" are respectively at.- taehed by Screws 3G, 36 (see G and il to the presea-eet B li. Each presser-loot has a pin 38 (eee G; which projectethrough o hole in its; attached lcatepringr lo :maintain the presser-foot in alineincni with n, lng and. block. Each spring ie arranged to hold its preeSer-ioot near to the adjziceni tace of the .ve to the saine for insertingthe Work or to allow for any inequality in the thickneee oi the Work. The toe of each profesor-foot is curved outwardly from the guido/plate. as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, to iacililaiel'the insertion of the Work between the presser;

footend said plaie, which may he r'xifecl'ed ce per to face with their edge regi Shaped end of the guideplate so that thc latter shall take between the quarters, and then eliding said quarters along opposite faces of the ruideplate under the yielding pressn-irfi'eet, in thegeneral direction oi' the errow 39 in .-iig. l, until ithe of the quarters ahn'rrespectively against the ed gages. e and The proper positions me i ps1iiciji-aj-tiifl eniently hy holding ihe teo quarters' of sented to the action of the o i Jd easily between the presser-'feet and Uideplate Wiihont encountering any sharp le e.

re sho-Wn.' lfr Litige. 2 and 3 the guide-plate a hee on' eaelro its oppoeitely dispiieed acting;- surfaces'a eeriee of parallel ribs C which inclineinwardly7 as they extend toward the rear of Said plate. It "will he noted that these ribs are oblique,to the norma direction oiE feed of the Work (arrow 2e, Fig. lt is preferable to make the crests `ot these ribs rather sharply tapering in cross-Section so that their edgesinay more readily engage the adjacent face ofthe Work. It is readily apparent that iii the Work he feelin the direction of arrow 24e (Figs. l and 3). and at the saine time he maintained in Contact with the. ribs C, said ribs will, tend constantly to deflect the Work ,from its normal path to- :ward the edgegages e f.' If one of the quarters of the Work he positioned with its edge not in Contact with an 'edgegage e or f, subsequent feeding movementof the Work will serve ie more the edge up to the edgegage into proper position by reason of the. action o the ribs C. The pressenfeet B B cooperate with these opposite series of ribs C to hold the work in effective engagement with the iat-ter; and said preeserfeet also keep the Work smooth and fiat on the guide plate so that cannot he so far deiected by the ribs C or otherwise, as to become wrinkled. The presser-'feet though capable oi movement relative to the guide plate are normally stationary except when Slightly displaced the ineertion of the work or by an inequaliy in the thickness thereof. b- 'vionely the coiieration of presser-feet and C exerts a constant influence on the worlt tendingr to assure at all times the proper spree d is preferred to employ a Series of the above described rihe, Sonie of them might be omitted or a' single rih n'light he employed. lie hei; limiter described, the acting face of each eraser-foot which engages the work extends across the path of that portion of the Work in which each eyelet is to he' Set',

acicn of the presser-toot 'before being pre` l punching and oplet-setting devices. A

ln the operation of the Specific machine deerrihcd above the Work ie positioned as shown at l irrihe position shown in Fig'. l, thatportion of 1h Quarter in which if; is intended t0 Set an ele lnnchee reg .ering' also -veled or curved on one edge (see 40' 2,- 7 and 8) adjacent to the Wedge 26A tneeguide-plnte/so :as to permit the Work 'im' the eyelets. Although it arranged to .rovister With a in Fig. 2 the perte neinginitially 1with said punch-anvil are actuated each to punch a hole in one quarter for 'the reception of an eyelet; and the'punches are With-l drawn. Thereupon the anvil-plate t is moved endwise rearwardly from the position shown in Fig. l until the oppositely disposed setting dies d al register with the recently punched holes in the Work the parts then having assumed the positions shown in Fig. 4. Sett-ing devices are then actuated to presentA eyelets to, and to set them in, said holes, the shank or other fastening means of each eyelet being upset or clenched against an upsetting-die (il. `When this setting'has been completed the setting devices are pref/ erably retracted slightly so as to relieve the eyelets from the extreme clenching pressure, butI they are not sutciently retracted to disengage the eyelets entirely. Thus the Work is engaged, through the agency of the eyelets, by the oppositely disposed setting devicesV and their coperating 11p-setting dies (Z al.- This permits the work to be fedrfby rocking the anvil-plate a.on:its pivot, Z1 and concurrently moving the setting devices so as-to keepthem constantly in axial alineinent with the tip-setting dies Z (Z. This movement takes place in the direction of the line l2 of Fig. 5. As this movement progresses the two quarters are drawn across the opposite sides ofthe guide-plate i and between the latter and the oppositely disposed presser-feet B B. The ribs C coperate with the feeding means to maintain the .edges of the Work in proper relation to the edge-gages; and thc presser-feet serve the double purpose of smoothing out that Aportion of the Work in which an eyelet is subsequently to be set and of maintaining the Work in proper engagement with the ribs C. lt will be noted that the line of ei'igage-` ment between each presser-foot and the Worn intersects the path in which the work is ted I (exemplified by the line l, Obviously, in the use of the above described devices it. is unnecessary for the operator to exercise the watchful and skilful care required by the machines illustrated and described in the aforementioned patent since, after the Work has been inserted loe-I tween presser-feet and guideplate of Workcontrolliug means. embodying this invention, automatic means are constantly acting to control the Work Avwith greater and more. uniform accuracy ,than most ope 'alors could attain. s i

The above description has been devoted to a singleembodiment of this invention Whichmay he used in' coiincctiou with machinos of the type already referred to; but it is to be understood that many changes which will appear to those skilled in the art may he made in the devices shown and de scribed without removing work-control]ing iii-'3ans embodying suclbchanges from the Lesiones proper field of this invention as'it is defined in the sub-joined claims.

is already stated this invention is apY plicable to machines for setting other articles than eyelets such as lacing hooks, rivets, etc., and therefore the expression eyeleting machine, used herein for convenience, is not disposer guiding surfaces, a block mounted on said guide plate, and yieldingly supportedA Work positioning members mounted on said block and arranged to position the Work and hold it in contact with the opposite sur-..

faces of said guide plate during the feeding movement of the Work.

ln a machine of the class described having setting and feeding means, the 'combination of a guide plate having oppositely disposed guiding surfaces, and oppositely disposed prcsser feet supported at points Without the planes of said guiding surfaces and arranged to position the Work and clampl it in contact with said surfaces continuously during the feeding movement of the Work and the setting operations.

3. ln a machine of the class described having setting and feeding means, the combination of a guide plate, an edge gage projecting therefrom, a Work-engaging member substantially equal in thickness to the height of said edge gage, a spring connecting the outer sides of said edge gage and Work-engaging member. and means for moving said edge gage and presser foot bodily, transversely to the direction of feed.

4t. ln a machine for operating on boots and shoes, having setting devices and means for feeding the Work, the combination of a normally stationary guide plate mounted for reciprocation transversely to the line of feed, one or more ribs on said 'guide plate, and means movable with the guide plate for -yieldingly pressing the work in contact with said guide plate.

ln a machine for ope 'ating on boots and shoes, vhaving'setting devices and means for feeding the work, the combination of ies able bodily with said guide plate and acting to clamp the Work in contact with said ribs. G. ln a machine for loperating'on boots andshoes, having setting devices and means .for feeding the Weth, the combination of a Il l messes Vmoeitesides, continuously acting; positioning ineens to chimp two marginal portions of respectively in Contact with seid ribs und edge gages, and automatically acting mechanism *for moving said edge gages o; 'tioningj ineens transversely to the 'reed while in engagement with the the work 7. ln e machine for operating on boots und shoes, having settingq devices end Ineens the Work, the coinbinetion of edge :i relatively Istntioner" guide piste rer ,guiding the vork on opposite sides thereof, ribs on seid opposite sides inclined to lreep the work in Contact with seid edge gages, and yielding presser feet arranged to keep two marginal portions of the Work respectively in Contact lwith seid ribs end ed. e gages, end mechanism for moving seid presser, feet and guide plate transversely to the line of feed While in engagement with the Work.

machine for operating on boots l having setting devices and means ng the Work, the combination ofen edjustw e edge and e normnllj7 stetionnry guide plete, together with means loceded in the rear of seid setting devices rel"- :itive to the direction of feed continuously noting to yieldingly press the Work in contoet ivith said edge` gege regardless of its ed justed position.

l). ln an eyeleting machine, having1 means 'for feeding the work, the combination of e guide plete, an edge gege, o spring' supportthereon, a presser block supported on sind spring' and hearing; upon the guide plete und having its outer surface beveled odio.- cent the guide pluto to i'neilitnte placing' the work in position,

l ln un eyelrtine"machine, having menus tor tending the work, the .colnhiimihm ot' :i guide pluto, nn edge gage mounted thereon lo ne adjustable longitudinally thereof, e spring mounted on seid adjustable edge ge, unal n presser block supported by seid spring und bearing' upon the O'udc plete.

l1. ln en eyeleting machine, heving` means ior feeding the work, the combination of L guide plate, an edge gage, a spring mounted on seid edge gage, s presser block supported on said spring and bearing upon the guide. plete, and ineens for holding seid presser block in position. y l

l2. in n, machine for operating on boots and shoes, :i presser foot and guideV plate, seid presser toot comprising e spring and e presser blo-cli: connected thereto et :i point Within its periphery und e pin to retain seidI spring and presser hloclr in nlincment.

.ln :i machine for operating on boots' end shoes, having means. for performing a succession of operations on the work and Work feeding means, e movable guide plate, en edge gege :niljustnble thereon transversely tothe line of feed and work positioning ineens ttor chunping the Work to the guide plete mounted for movement with seid edge gege, seid guide plate, edge gage and posichine to permit bodily movement trollsversely to the line of feed.

14. n n machine for operating on boots and shoes, hoving'meens for performing a. succession o1" operations on the Work and work feeding means, e guide plate, en .edge gege edjustebly mounted thereon,` and a yielduble presser member mounted for adjustment. with said edge gege relative to. said guide plate.A

15. In a machine for operating on boots and shoes, having means 'for performing a succession of operations on the Work end Work feeding means, the combination of a guide plate, an edge gege and yieldable presser'memher adjustebly mounted thereon, and means for simultaneously shifting said edge gage, presser member and guide plete transversely to the line of feed.

16. In n machine for operating on boots and shoes, having work feeding means, the combination of un edge gage, Work guiding,1r means inchading n rigid plate :1nd e 'reletively yielding presser-,membeig und 'means 'for shitting" seid edge gege and work guidingr means i n uuvnrying relation 'transversely to the line of feed.

li'. In en ejyeleting nmchne, having means for 'selling the work, the combination of u `ruido plate mounted for movement transversely to the line ot feed, en edge gege Carriod thereby, a spring mounted on said edge gogo, n lnesser member supported on said spring; and bearing upon the guide plate, nud nlcuns tor holding said presser memberin position. in testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of t\`vo suloser-ibing- Witnesses.

FRED A. RUMNEY,

l/Vitnesses 2 Nurses B. Tono, l Joris E. RUCKMAN.

tiomngmenns being mounted in the ma.- 

